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gamescope: hide the boot splash on the first mapped window, as X11 does (payload 20261023.3) - #2230

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Both display servers now hide the "Launching game" splash by the same rule, and nothing blue is shown in between.

Under X11 the splash hides on the first mapped window and the user sees black until the game's first frame, because the renderers never draw explorer. Under gamescope the splash instead waited for a game-window note from the shim's present path or from gamescope's commit-rate scan, because an early hide showed Wine's blue desktop wallpaper and taskbar, which gamescope composites. That gate kept the splash up long after there was something to show: on a Poco F6, Balatro hid 16 s later than under X11 and L.A. Noire loaded for 25 s behind it.

Two changes:

  • Game sessions get a black desktop background with no wallpaper and explorer's shell turned off for the "shell" desktop (EnableShell=0, ShowSystray=0), via WineThemeManager.gameSessionTheme and the enableShell flag of apply, applied in setupWineSystemFiles for launches that are not bootToContainer. The container's light/dark theme is kept. This is a no-op under X11 (explorer is never drawn there) and removes the blue and the taskbar under gamescope. "Open container" keeps the user's theme and taskbar.
  • Payload 20261023.3 (re-uploaded with the final content, same number since nothing of this is on master yet): gamescope A43 reworked to send the game-window note on the first top-level X map, like the X11 rule, with a once-a-second resend (android: send the game window note on the first top-level map (A43) GameNative/gamescope#6); the shim without its own game-window report (icd_shim, daemon: drop the shim's game-window report; clear the splash on the note GameNative/gamenative-drm#12) on top of the device-gated proc lookup (proxy: let the device decide whether a device entry point exists GameNative/gamenative-drm#11). The archive is live on both CDN URLs.
  • libgamenative_drm.so in jniLibs is the daemon from gamenative-drm#12: it clears the splash as soon as the note arrives instead of on the next published frame.
  • The gamescope_system_libs links to the system libcrypto.so (Fix gamescope sessions failing to start on Samsung #2223) and libjpeg.so (Use the system libjpeg.so in gamescope sessions #2225) are dropped. They only existed because libgndrm_shim.so linked libandroid.so and its OEM deps resolved against imagefs's same-named libs; the shim no longer links libandroid (gamenative-drm#9, Stop the DNS shim and LSFG layer from loading libandroid.so #2228), so the gamescope LD_LIBRARY_PATH now starts at gamescope/lib. Verified on the Poco F6 (HyperOS, the libjpeg case): gamescope and Xwayland start with no link errors and both test games render.
  • New containers default to gamescope only when the GL renderer is Adreno, X11 otherwise (Container.defaultDisplayServer, resolved once in setContainerDefaults from the cached renderer string). Adreno 735/750/830/840 are verified; Mali-G710 works but a Mali-G68 (Exynos 1380) cannot create gamescope's compute pipelines, and Xclipse/PowerVR are untested. Existing containers, known configs, the per-container setting and an explicit global preference are unchanged.

For a local test without the CDN the same change plus the payload as an APK asset is pushed on joshuatam/GameNative fix/gamescope-build-14 (PR #2226), as gamescope-gamenative-20261023-14.tzst.

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Poco F6 (HyperOS, Adreno 735), 1 Hz screenshots classified by dominant colour, before and after:

Game (gamescope) Splash hidden, before → after Between splash and first frame First game frame
Balatro (GL through X, zink) +29.2 s → +20.6 s black +32 s → +28 s
Blazing Chrome (32-bit, Vulkan) +24.3 s → +12.7 s black, no taskbar +26 s → +26 s
L.A. Noire (64-bit, long load) +85.1 s → +21.7 s black, loading screen visible not reached in 90 s → +52 s

Balatro under X11 is unchanged (black between splash and first frame). No blue frame in any run. The splash hides within 20 ms of xwm: first top-level map 0x400002: game window note sent (1/3). With the shell off, Blazing Chrome's gap no longer shows Wine's taskbar at the bottom (it was there from t16 to t27 before). The first gamescope launch of this build downloaded and installed the payload itself (3 s on the Poco's Wi-Fi). Final build of this branch, same device: Balatro +19.84 s note, +19.86 s hidden; Blazing Chrome +12.63 s, +12.66 s; Balatro X11 +12.83 s with a black gap as before. "Open container" still boots the Wine file manager on the blue wallpaper with the Start taskbar, and the next Play of the same container writes the black background and the shell-off values back before launching.

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  • Improvements
    • Game sessions retain the selected light or dark theme while using a black background.
    • Wine’s desktop shell and system tray are configured according to the session type.
    • Container boots continue to use the configured desktop theme.
    • The default display server is now selected based on the device’s graphics renderer: Gamescope for Adreno and X11 otherwise.

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The Gamescope payload version and library path change. Wine setup now distinguishes game sessions from container boots and applies different theme and shell settings. Display-server defaults now use a shared value, with container defaults selected based on the detected renderer.

Changes: Gamescope Payload and Library Path

Layer / File(s) Summary
Update Gamescope payload and library path
app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/display/GamescopePayload.kt, app/src/main/java/com/winlator/xenvironment/components/BionicProgramLauncherComponent.java
GamescopePayload.VERSION changes to 20261023.3. The Gamescope library path contains only <files>/gamescope/lib; the system-library symlinks and directory are removed.

Wine Game-Session Theme

Layer / File(s) Summary
Select and apply game-session theme
app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/ui/screen/xserver/XServerScreen.kt, app/src/main/java/com/winlator/core/WineThemeManager.java
XServerScreen passes whether setup is for a game session. Game sessions use a theme with a black color background and a session-specific saved theme key. WineThemeManager.apply disables shell support for game sessions. Its three-argument overload continues to enable shell support.

Display-Server Defaults

Layer / File(s) Summary
Define and apply display-server defaults
app/src/main/java/com/winlator/core/DefaultVersion.java, app/src/main/java/com/winlator/container/Container.java, app/src/main/java/com/winlator/container/ContainerData.kt, app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/utils/ContainerUtils.kt, app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/PrefManager.kt
DefaultVersion.DISPLAY_SERVER is added with an X11 value. Container defaults use the shared value, and ContainerUtils selects Gamescope when the renderer contains “adreno”, otherwise X11. Stored preference and restored-state fallbacks use DefaultVersion.DISPLAY_SERVER.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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Change: Bug fix

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sequenceDiagram
  participant XServerScreen
  participant WineThemeManager
  participant WineRegistry
  XServerScreen->>WineThemeManager: Pass game-session state and apply theme
  WineThemeManager->>WineRegistry: Set or remove EnableShell and ShowSystray
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A narrow service-restart path can give new Adreno containers the wrong display server; initialize this default during application startup.

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Under the X11 display server the app hides the "Launching game" splash on
the first mapped window and the user sees black until the game's first
frame, because the renderers never draw explorer. Under gamescope the
splash instead waited for a game-window note from the shim's present path
or from gamescope's commit-rate scan, because hiding it earlier showed
Wine's blue desktop wallpaper and taskbar, which gamescope composites.
That gate kept the splash up for tens of seconds after there was
something to show (L.A. Noire loads for 25 s behind it).

Both modes now use the same rule. Game sessions get a black desktop
background with no wallpaper and explorer's shell (taskbar, start menu,
standalone systray) turned off for the "shell" desktop
(WineThemeManager.gameSessionTheme and the enableShell flag of apply,
applied in setupWineSystemFiles for launches that are not
bootToContainer). That is a no-op under X11 and removes the blue and the
taskbar under gamescope; "Open container" keeps the user's theme and shell.

Payload 20261023.3 ships gamescope A43 reworked to send the game-window
note on the first top-level X map, like the X11 rule, with a
once-a-second resend (GameNative/gamescope#6), and the shim without its
own game-window report (gamenative-drm#12) on top of the device-gated
proc lookup (gamenative-drm#11). The bundled libgamenative_drm.so is the
daemon from gamenative-drm#12: it clears the splash as soon as the note
arrives instead of on the next published frame.
The gamescope_system_libs symlinks to /system/lib64/libcrypto.so and
libjpeg.so only existed because libgndrm_shim.so linked libandroid.so,
whose OEM deps resolved against imagefs's same-named libs. The shim no
longer links libandroid (gamenative-drm#9, app #2228), so nothing in a
gamescope session loads those system libs. The gamescope LD_LIBRARY_PATH
now starts at gamescope/lib.
Gamescope is verified on Adreno 735, 750, 830 and 840. Mali-G710 works,
but Mali-G68 cannot create gamescope's compute pipelines, and Xclipse
and PowerVR are untested, so every non-Adreno GPU now defaults to X11.

setContainerDefaults resolves the default from the cached GL renderer
string at startup and stores it in DefaultVersion.DISPLAY_SERVER, which
the unset display server preference and new ContainerData use. The
per-container setting, known and community configs, and an explicitly
set global preference still win; existing containers keep their value.

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1 issue found across 5 files (changes from recent commits).

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<violation number="1" location="app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/utils/ContainerUtils.kt:101">
P2: Adreno containers created before `MainActivity.onCreate` still default to X11. Move this GPU-dependent initialization into application startup, or resolve the default in `getOrCreateContainer` when the global preference is unset, so service-created containers also receive gamescope.</violation>
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DefaultVersion.STEAM_TYPE = Container.STEAM_TYPE_HEADLESS
DefaultVersion.ASYNC_CACHE = "0"
}
DefaultVersion.DISPLAY_SERVER = Container.defaultDisplayServer(

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P2: Adreno containers created before MainActivity.onCreate still default to X11. Move this GPU-dependent initialization into application startup, or resolve the default in getOrCreateContainer when the global preference is unset, so service-created containers also receive gamescope.

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<comment>Adreno containers created before `MainActivity.onCreate` still default to X11. Move this GPU-dependent initialization into application startup, or resolve the default in `getOrCreateContainer` when the global preference is unset, so service-created containers also receive gamescope.</comment>

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@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ object ContainerUtils {
             DefaultVersion.STEAM_TYPE = Container.STEAM_TYPE_HEADLESS
             DefaultVersion.ASYNC_CACHE = "0"
         }
+        DefaultVersion.DISPLAY_SERVER = Container.defaultDisplayServer(
+            GPUInformation.getRenderer(context).orEmpty().contains("adreno", ignoreCase = true),
+        )
</file context>

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DefaultVersion.DISPLAY_SERVER = Container.defaultDisplayServer(
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set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- PluviaApp startup ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.kt' -e 'class PluviaApp' -e 'override fun onCreate' -e 'setContainerDefaults' app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/PluviaApp.kt app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/MainActivity.kt app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/utils/ContainerUtils.kt
sed -n '1,180p' app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/PluviaApp.kt
printf '%s\n' '--- MainActivity initialization ---'
sed -n '215,260p' app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/MainActivity.kt
printf '%s\n' '--- default and container creation ---'
sed -n '85,115p' app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/utils/ContainerUtils.kt
sed -n '920,955p' app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/utils/ContainerUtils.kt
sed -n '1080,1110p' app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/utils/ContainerUtils.kt
sed -n '220,240p' app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/PrefManager.kt
printf '%s\n' '--- service trigger and lifecycle ---'
sed -n '3065,3140p' app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/service/SteamService.kt
sed -n '4405,4460p' app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/service/SteamService.kt
printf '%s\n' '--- service registration ---'
rg -n -F --glob 'AndroidManifest.xml' -e 'SteamService' -e 'android:exported' app/src/main
printf '%s\n' '--- display default implementation ---'
sed -n '295,320p' app/src/main/java/com/winlator/container/Container.java
sed -n '20,38p' app/src/main/java/com/winlator/core/DefaultVersion.java

Repository: utkarshdalal/GameNative

Length of output: 25515


Initialize display defaults in PluviaApp.onCreate.

ContainerUtils.setContainerDefaults runs only from MainActivity. If Android recreates the sticky SteamService before MainActivity, the post-download path can create a missing container before the renderer-derived default is assigned. With no explicit preference, PrefManager.displayServer then uses the initial x11 value. An Adreno device can therefore create the container with X11 instead of gamescope.

Suggested fix
 import app.gamenative.utils.ContainerMigrator
+import app.gamenative.utils.ContainerUtils

 // after PrefManager.init(this)
+ContainerUtils.setContainerDefaults(this)

Remove the later MainActivity call after moving it to application startup.

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Review comment at @app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/utils/ContainerUtils.kt
around lines 101 - 103:
Initialize the renderer-derived container defaults in PluviaApp.onCreate
immediately after PrefManager.init(this), and remove the later MainActivity call
to ContainerUtils.setContainerDefaults so defaults are available when
SteamService creates a container before the activity starts.

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